Surgery: kinesitherapy – Kinesitherapy – Exercising appliance
Patent
1994-05-03
1996-01-30
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: kinesitherapy
Kinesitherapy
Exercising appliance
601 1, A61H 3100
Patent
active
054877229
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for administering interposed abdominal counterpulsation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (IAC-CPR) to a patient. A generally rectangular board-like device having a chest compression pad and an abdominal compression pad depending from the underside is positioned on the torso of the patient and gripped at opposed ends by the hands of a person treating the patient. Force is applied alternately to each opposed end in a "see-saw" fashion to administer chest compressions in alternating sequence to abdominal compressions corresponding to the systole and diastole heart phases. The device may have a locator aperture through which the person treating the patient may manually or visually locate the breastbone of the patient to facilitate proper positioning and the pads may be adjustably positioned relative to one another to fit various size patients. A cycle of compressions is followed by rescue breathing and repeated with pulse checks every few minutes until a pulse is detected or it is determined that further efforts would be fruitless. The interposed abdominal compressions increase intra-abdominal pressure which is transmitted to all abdominal organs. Increased pressure in the abdominal aorta during diastole improves aortic diastolic blood pressure which may lead to retrograde flow to the heart and brain and significantly increase the return of spontaneous cardiac circulation.
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Weaver Horace
Weaver, II Sherman E.
Apley Richard J.
Clark Jeanne M.
Roddy Kenneth A.
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